Pilgrimage (Itinerarium Egeriae) 20.1–26.1
Latin text: Geyer, CSEL 39 (1898) (Latin text: P. Geyer, CSEL 39 (1898), digitized by Open Greek and Latin (csel-dev, University of Leipzig), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 20
20.1CSEL 39:64–65
Ac sic ergo facto ibi triduano necesse me fuit adhuc in ante accedere usque ad Charris, quia modo sic dicitur. Nam in scripturis sanctis dicta est Charra, ubi moratus est sanctus Abraam, sicut scriptum est in Genesi, dicente Domino ad Abraam: Exi de terra tua et de domo patris tui et uade in Charram et reliqua.
And so, having spent three days there, I had to go on further as far as Carrhae, as it is now called. For in the holy Scriptures it is called Haran, where holy Abraham stayed, as it is written in Genesis, the Lord saying to Abraham: “Go out from your land and from your father's house and go to Haran,” and so on.
Gen 12:1 (quotation, medium confidence) · Gen 11:31 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 7:2–4 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: She goes on to Carrhae, the biblical Haran.
- Charris = Carrhae; Charra = Haran. The quotation conflates Gen 12:1 with Gen 11:31 (cf. Acts 7:2–4).
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 20.1 (CSEL 39:64–65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/20-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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20.2CSEL 39:65
<Ibi) ergo cum uenissem, id est in Charra, ibi statim fui ad ecclesiam, quae est intra ciuitate ipsa, uidi etiam mox episcopum loci ipsius uere sanctum et hominem Dei, et ipsum et monachum et confessorem, qui mox nobis omnia loca ibi ostendere dignatus est, quae desiderabamus.
<There>, then, when I had come, that is, to Haran, I went at once to the church which is within the city itself, and soon saw the bishop of that place, truly holy and a man of God, he too a monk and confessor, who was soon kind enough to show us all the places there that we desired.
Notes and citation
Summary: At Haran the bishop shows her the places.
- The angle brackets around Ibi are the editor's supplement.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 20.2 (CSEL 39:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/20-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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20.3CSEL 39:65
Nam duxit nos statim ad ecclesiam, quae est foras ciuitatem in eo loco, ubi fuit domus sancti Abrahae, id est in ipsis fundamentis et de ipso lapide, ut tamen dicebat sanctus episcopus. Cum ergo uenissemus in ipsa ecclesia, facta est oratio et lectus ipse locus de Genesi, dictus etiam unus psalmus, et iterata oratione et sic benedicens nos episcopus egressi sumus foras.
For he took us at once to the church which is outside the city in the place where the house of holy Abraham was, that is, on its very foundations and of its very stone, as the holy bishop said. So when we had come into that church, prayer was made and the passage itself was read from Genesis, one psalm was also said, and after a further prayer and the bishop blessing us, we went outside.
Notes and citation
Summary: They pray at the church on the site of Abraham's house.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 20.3 (CSEL 39:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/20-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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20.4CSEL 39:65
Item dignatus est nos ducere ad puteum illum, unde portabat aquam sancta Rebecca. Et ait nobis sanctus episcopus: ecce puteus, unde potauit sancta Rebecca camelos pueri sancti Abrahae, id est Eleazari; et singula ita nobis dignabatur ostendere.
Likewise he was kind enough to take us to that well from which holy Rebecca carried water. And the holy bishop said to us: “Behold the well from which holy Rebecca watered the camels of the servant of holy Abraham, that is, Eleazar”; and so he was kind enough to show us each thing.
Gen 24:15–20 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They see Rebecca's well.
- Gen 24:15–20; Genesis does not name the servant, but tradition identifies him with Eliezer (Gen 15:2).
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 20.4 (CSEL 39:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/20-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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20.5CSEL 39:65
Nam ecclesia, quam dixi foras ciuitatem, dominae sorores uenerabiles, ubi fuit primitus domus Abrahae, nunc et martyrium ibi positum est, id est sancti cuiusdam monachi nomine Helpidi. Hoc autem nobis satis gratum euenit, ut pridie martyrium die ibi ueniremus, id est sancti ipsius Helpidii, nono k. maias, ad quam diem necesse fuit undique et de omnibus Mesopotamiae finibus omnes monachos in Charra descendere, etiam et illos maiores, qui in solitudine sedebant, quos ascites uocant, per diem ipsum, qui ibi satis granditer attenditur, et propter memoriam sancti Abrahae, quia domus ipsius fuit, ubi nunc ecclesia est, in qua positum est corpus ipsius sancti martyris.
For in the church which I said is outside the city, venerable ladies, sisters, where Abraham's house first was, there is now also a martyr-shrine placed, namely of a certain holy monk named Helpidius. This happened very pleasantly for us, that we came there on the eve of the martyr's day, that is, of that holy Helpidius, the ninth day before the Kalends of May, for which day all the monks from everywhere and from all the borders of Mesopotamia had to come down to Haran, even those elders who sat in solitude, whom they call ascetics, for that day, which is kept there very grandly, and also because of the memory of holy Abraham, since his house was where the church now is, in which the body of that holy martyr is laid.
Notes and citation
Summary: They arrive for the feast of the martyr Helpidius, when the monks gather.
- The ninth day before the Kalends of May = 23 April.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): ipsum. qui → ipsum, qui.
Topics: Martyrdom, Martyrs' shrines and relics
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 20.5 (CSEL 39:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/20-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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20.6CSEL 39:65–66
itaque ergo hoc nobis ultra spem grate satis euenit, ut sanctos et uere homines Dei monachos mesopotamenos ibi uideremus, etiam et eos, quorum fama uel uita longe audiebatur, quos tamen non aestimabam me penitus posse uidere, non quia inpossibile esset Deo etiam et hoc praestare michi, qui omnia praestare dignabatur, sed quia audieram eos, eo quod extra diem paschae et extra diem hanc, non eos descendere de locis suis, quoniam tales sunt, ut et uirtutes faciant multas, et quoniam nesciebam, quo mense esset dies hic martyrii, quem dixi. Itaque Deo iubente sic euenit, ut ad diem, quem nec sperabam, ibi uenirem.
So this happened very pleasantly for us, beyond hope, that we saw there the holy and truly men of God, the Mesopotamian monks, even those whose fame or life was heard of far away, whom I did not think I could possibly see; not that it would be impossible for God to grant me this too, who deigned to grant me everything, but because I had heard that, except on the day of Pascha and except on this day, they do not come down from their places, since they are such that they also work many miracles, and because I did not know in what month this day of the martyr was that I mentioned. So, at God's bidding, it happened that I came there on the day I did not even hope for.
Notes and citation
Summary: She is able to see the famous hermits who come down only on this feast.
Topics: Monastic life
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 20.6 (CSEL 39:65–66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/20-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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20.7CSEL 39:66
Fecimus ergo et ibi biduum propter diem martyrii et propter uisionem sanctorum illorum, qui dignati sunt ad salutandum libenti satis animo me suscipere et alloqui, in quo ego non merebar. Nam et ipsi statim post martyrii diem nec uisi sunt ibi, sed mox de nocte petierunt heremum et unusquisque eorum monasteria sua, qui ubi habebat.
So we spent two days there too, because of the martyr's day and because of seeing those holy men, who were kind enough to receive me very willingly to greet and talk with me, which I did not deserve. For they too, at once after the martyr's day, were not seen there, but at once by night made for the desert, each of them to his own monastery, wherever he had one.
Notes and citation
Summary: After the feast the hermits return at once to the desert.
- The digital text reads nec nisi sunt; corrected to nec uisi sunt (“were not seen”).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; punctuation slip): alloqui. in quo → alloqui, in quo; nec nisi sunt → nec uisi sunt.
Topics: Monastic life
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 20.7 (CSEL 39:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/20-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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20.8CSEL 39:66
In ipsa autem ciuitate extra paucos clericos et sanctos monachos si qui tamen in ciuitate commorantur, penitus nullum christianum inueni, sed totum gentes sunt. Nam sicut nos cum grandi reuerentia attendimus locum illum, ubi primitus domus sancti Abrahae fuit, pro memoria illius, ita et illae gentes; forte ad mille passus de ciuitate cum grandi reuerentia adtendunt locum, ubi sunt memoriae Naor et Bathuhelis.
In the city itself, apart from a few clergy and holy monks, if any live in the city, I found no Christian at all, but they are all pagans. For as we attend with great reverence to that place where the house of holy Abraham first was, for his memory, so do those pagans; perhaps a mile from the city they attend with great reverence to the place where the tombs of Nahor and Bethuel are.
Notes and citation
Summary: Haran is pagan, and its people honour the tombs of Nahor and Bethuel.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): illius. ita → illius, ita.
Topics: Paganism
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 20.8 (CSEL 39:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/20-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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20.9CSEL 39:66–67
Et quoniam episcopus illius ciuitatis ualde instructus est de scripturis, requisiui ab eo dicens: rogo te, domine, ut dicas michi, quod desidero audire. Et ille ait: dic, filia, quod uis, et dicam tibi, si scio. Tunc ego dixi: sanctum Abraam cum patre Thara et Sarra uxore et Loth fratris filio scio per scripturas in eo loco uenisse: Naor autem uel Bathuhelem non legi, quando in isto loco transierint, nisi quod hoc solum scio, quia postmodum puer Abraae, ut peteret Rebeccam filiam Bathuhelis filii Nahor filio domini sui Abraae, id est Ysaac, in Charra uenerit.
And since the bishop of that city is very instructed in the Scriptures, I asked him, saying: “I ask you, lord, to tell me what I desire to hear.” And he said: “Say, daughter, what you wish, and I will tell you if I know.” Then I said: “I know from the Scriptures that holy Abraham came to this place with his father Terah and Sarah his wife and Lot his brother's son; but I have not read when Nahor or Bethuel passed through this place, except that I know only this, that later the servant of Abraham came to Haran to ask for Rebecca, daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, for the son of his master Abraham, that is, Isaac.”
Gen 11:31 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 24:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 24:15 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Egeria asks the bishop when Nahor and Bethuel came to Haran.
- Gen 11:31; 24:10, 15.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; leaked number; stray marks): Et 1 quoniam → Et quoniam; Rebeccam I «• filiam → Rebeccam filiam; in Chan a uenerit → in Charra uenerit.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 20.9 (CSEL 39:66–67; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/20-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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20.10CSEL 39:67
Tunc ait michi sanctus episcopus: uere, filia, scriptum est, sicut dicis, in Genesi sanctum Abraam hic transisse cum suis; Nachor autem cum suis uel Bathuhelem non dicit scriptura canonis, quo tempore transierint. Sed manifeste postmodum hic transierunt et ipsi, denique et memoriae illorum hic sunt forte ad mille passus de ciuitate. Nam uere scriptura hoc testatur, quoniam ad accipiendam sanctam Rebeccam huc uenerit puer sancti Abraae, et denuo sanctus Iacob hic uenerit, quando accepit filias Laban Syri.
Then the holy bishop said to me: “Truly, daughter, it is written, as you say, in Genesis that holy Abraam passed through here with his household; but the Scripture of the canon does not say at what time Nahor with his household or Bethuel passed through. But clearly they too passed through here later; and indeed their tombs are here, perhaps a mile from the city. For Scripture truly testifies that the servant of holy Abraham came here to take holy Rebecca, and again that holy Jacob came here when he took the daughters of Laban the Syrian.”
Gen 24:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 29:1–30 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop explains that Nahor and Bethuel came to Haran later.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (missing punctuation): transierint Sed → transierint. Sed.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 20.10 (CSEL 39:67; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/20-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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20.11CSEL 39:67
Tunc ego requisiui, ubi esset puteus ille, ubi sanctus Iacob potasset pecora, quae pascebat Rachel filia Laban Syri. Et ait mihi episcopus: in sexto miliario est hinc locus ipse iuxta uicum, qui fuit tunc uilla Laban Syri; sed cum uolueris ire, imus tecum et ostendimus tibi, nam et multi monachi ibi sunt ualde sancti et ascites et sancta ecclesia est ibi.
Then I asked where that well was where holy Jacob had watered the flocks which Rachel, daughter of Laban the Syrian, was pasturing. And the bishop said to me: “The place itself is at the sixth milestone from here, beside a village which was then the farm of Laban the Syrian; but when you wish to go, we will go with you and show you, for there are also many very holy monks there, ascetics, and there is a holy church there.”
Gen 29:9–10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop offers to show her Jacob's well.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip (l for I)): sanctus lacob → sanctus Iacob; nine locus → hinc locus.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 20.11 (CSEL 39:67; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/20-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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20.12CSEL 39:67
Illud etiam requisiui a sancto episcopo, ubinam esset locus ille Chaldaeorum, ubi habitauerant primo Thara cum suis. Tunc ait mihi ipse sanctus episcopus: locus ille, filia, quem requiris, decima mansione est hinc intus in Persida. Nam hinc usque ad Nisibin mansiones sunt quinque et inde usque ad Hur, quae fuit ciuitas Chaldaeorum, aliae mansiones sunt quinque; sed modo ibi accessus Romanorum non est; totum enim illud Persae tenent. Haec autem specialiter orientalis appellatur, quae est in confinium Romanorum et Persarum uel Chaldaeorum.
I also asked the holy bishop where that place of the Chaldeans was, where Terah with his household had first lived. Then the holy bishop himself said to me: “That place, daughter, which you seek, is the tenth stage from here, inside Persia. For from here to Nisibis there are five stages, and from there to Ur, which was a city of the Chaldeans, there are five more stages; but at present the Romans have no access there, for the Persians hold all of it. This part in particular is called Oriental, which is on the border of the Romans and the Persians or Chaldeans.”
Gen 11:31 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Ur of the Chaldeans lies in Persian territory, out of reach.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 20.12 (CSEL 39:67; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/20-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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20.13CSEL 39:67–68
Et cetera plura referre dignatus est, sicut et ceteri sancti episcopi uel sancti monachi facere dignabantur, omnia tamen de scripturis Dei uel sanctis uiris gesta, id est monachis, siue qui iam recesserant, quae mirabilia fecerint, siue etiam qui adhuc in corpore sunt, quae cotidie faciant, hi tamen, qui sunt ascites. Nam nolo aestimet affectio uestra, monachorum aliquando [aliquando] alias fabulas esse nisi aut de scripturis Dei aut gesta monachorum maiorum.
And he was kind enough to tell many other things, as the other holy bishops or holy monks were kind enough to do, all of them, however, from the Scriptures of God or deeds of holy men, that is, monks, whether of those who had already departed, what wonders they had done, or of those who are still in the body, what they do daily, those, however, who are ascetics. For I do not want your affection to think that the stories of the monks are ever anything else but either from the Scriptures of God or the deeds of the older monks.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishops and monks speak only of Scripture and the deeds of monks.
- The editor deletes a repeated aliquando.
Topics: Monastic life
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 20.13 (CSEL 39:67–68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/20-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 21
21.1CSEL 39:68
Post biduo autem, quam ibi feceram, duxit nos episcopus ad puteum illum, ubi adaquauerat sanctus Iacob pecora sanctae Rachel; qui puteus sexto miliario est a Charris; in cuius putei honorem fabricata est ibi iuxta sancta ecclesia ingens ualde et pulchra. Ad quem puteum cum uenissemus, facta est ab episcopo oratio, lectus etiam locus ipse de Genesi, dictus etiam unus psalmus competens loco atque iterata oratione benedixit nos episcopus.
After two days, which I had spent there, the bishop led us to that well where holy Jacob had watered the flocks of holy Rachel; this well is at the sixth milestone from Carrhae; and in honour of the well a very large and beautiful holy church has been built there beside it. When we came to the well, prayer was made by the bishop, the passage itself from Genesis was also read, one psalm suited to the place was also said, and after a further prayer the bishop blessed us.
Gen 29:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: At Jacob's well, with its church, they pray and read Genesis.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): episopo → episcopo.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 21.1 (CSEL 39:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/21-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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21.2CSEL 39:68
Vidimus etiam loco iuxta puteum iacentem lapidem illum infinitum nimis, quem mouerat sanctus Iacob a puteo, qui usque hodie ostenditur.
We also saw lying in a place beside the well that very huge stone which holy Jacob had moved from the well, which is shown to this day.
Gen 29:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They see the stone Jacob moved from the well.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 21.2 (CSEL 39:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/21-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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21.3CSEL 39:68
Ibi autem circa puteo nulli alii commanent nisi clerici de ipsa ecclesia, quae ibi est, et monachi habentes iuxta monasteria sua, quorum uitam sanctus episcopus nobis retulit, sed uere inauditam. Ac sic ergo facta oratione in ecclesia accessi cum episcopo ad sanctos monachos per monasteria ipsorum et Deo gratias agens et ipsis, qui dignati sunt me per monasteria sua, ubicumque ingressa sum, libenti animo suscipere et alloqui illis sermonibus, quos dignum erat de ore illorum procedere. Nam et eulogias dignati sunt dare michi et omnibus, qui mecum erant, sicut est consuetudo monachis dare, his tamen, quos libenti animo suscipiunt in monasteriis suis.
No one else lives there around the well but the clergy of the church that is there and monks having their monasteries nearby, whose life the holy bishop told us of, truly unheard of. And so, having prayed in the church, I went with the bishop to the holy monks in their monasteries, giving thanks both to God and to them, who were kind enough to receive me willingly in their monasteries wherever I went in, and to speak to me with such words as it was fitting should come from their mouth. For they were also kind enough to give blessings to me and to all who were with me, as it is the custom of monks to give, to those, however, whom they receive willingly in their monasteries.
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Summary: She visits the monks around the well, who give her blessings.
Topics: Monastic life
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 21.3 (CSEL 39:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/21-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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21.4CSEL 39:68
Et quoniam ipse locus in campo grandi est, de contra ostensus est michi a sancto episcopo uicus ingens satis forte ad quingentos passos de puteo, per quem uicum iter habuimus. Hic autem uicus, quantum episcopus dicebat, fuit quondam uilla Laban Syri, qui uicus appellatur Fadana. Nam ostensa est michi in ipso uico memoria Laban Syri, soceri Iacob; ostensus est etiam michi locus, unde furata est Rachel idola patris sui.
And since the place itself is in a great plain, the holy bishop showed me opposite a very large village perhaps five hundred paces from the well, through which village we made our way. This village, as the bishop said, was once the farm of Laban the Syrian, and the village is called Fadana. For I was shown in that village the tomb of Laban the Syrian, Jacob's father-in-law; I was also shown the place from which Rachel stole her father's idols.
Gen 31:19 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: At Fadana she sees Laban's tomb and where Rachel stole the idols.
- Fadana: Paddan(-aram). Gen 31:19.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 21.4 (CSEL 39:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/21-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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21.5CSEL 39:68–69
Ac sic ergo in nomine Dei peruisis omnibus faciens uale sancto episcopo et sanctis monachis, qui nos usque ad illum locum deducere dignati fuerant, regressi sumus per iter uel mansiones, quas ueneramus de Antiochia.
And so in the name of God, having seen everything, saying farewell to the holy bishop and the holy monks, who had been kind enough to escort us as far as that place, we returned by the road and stages by which we had come from Antioch.
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Summary: She returns to Antioch.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 21.5 (CSEL 39:68–69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/21-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 22
22.1CSEL 39:69
Antiochia autem cum fuissem regressa, feci postmodum septimana, quousque ea, quae necessaria erant itineri, pararentur. Et sic proficiscens de Antiochia faciens iter per mansiones aliquot perueni ad prouinciam, quae Cilicia appellatur, quae habet ciuitatem metropolim Tharso, ubi quidem Tharso et eundo Ierusolimam iam fueram.
When I had returned to Antioch, I spent a week afterwards until the things necessary for the journey were prepared. And so setting out from Antioch, travelling through several stages, I came to the province called Cilicia, which has as its capital city Tarsus, where indeed I had already been, at Tarsus, on my way to Jerusalem.
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Summary: From Antioch she travels to Tarsus in Cilicia.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 22.1 (CSEL 39:69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/22-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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22.2CSEL 39:69
Sed quoniam de Tharso tertia mansione, id est in Hisauria, est martyrium sanctae Teclae, gratum fuit satis, ut etiam illuc accederem, praesertim cum tam in proximo esset.
But since at the third stage from Tarsus, that is, in Isauria, is the martyr-shrine of holy Thecla, it was very pleasing to go there too, especially as it was so near.
Notes and citation
Summary: She decides to visit the shrine of Thecla in Isauria.
- Thecla, the companion of Paul in the Acts of Paul and Thecla.
Topics: Pilgrimage and holy places
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 22.2 (CSEL 39:69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/22-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 23
23.1CSEL 39:69
Nam proficiscens de Tharso perueni ad quandam ciuitatem supra mare adhuc Ciliciae, quae appellatur Ponpeiopolin. Et inde iam ingressa fines Hisauriae mansi in ciuitate, quae appellatur Corico, ac tertia die perueni ad ciuitatem, quae appellatur Seleucia Hisauriae. Ubi cum peruenissem, fui ad episcopum uere sanctum ex monacho, uidi etiam ibi ecclesiam ualde pulchram in eadem ciuitate.
For setting out from Tarsus I came to a certain city on the sea, still in Cilicia, which is called Pompeiopolis. And from there, entering now the borders of Isauria, I stayed in the city called Corycus, and on the third day I came to the city called Seleucia of Isauria. When I arrived there, I went to the bishop, a truly holy man from the monks, and saw too a very beautiful church in that city.
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Summary: She reaches Seleucia of Isauria.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 23.1 (CSEL 39:69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/23-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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23.2CSEL 39:69
Et quoniam inde ad sanctam Teclam, qui locus est ultra ciuitatem in colle sed plano, habebat de ciuitate forsitan mille quingentos passus, malui ergo perexire illuc, ut statiuam, quam factura eram, ibi facerem. Ibi autem ad sanctam ecclesiam nichil aliud est nisi monasteria sine numero uirorum ac mulierum.
And since from there to holy Thecla, which place is beyond the city on a hill, but a flat one, it was perhaps fifteen hundred paces from the city, I chose to go on there, so as to make there the halt which I was to make. There at the holy church there is nothing else but countless monasteries of men and women.
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Summary: She stays at Thecla's shrine, surrounded by monasteries.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): sapctam → sanctam.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 23.2 (CSEL 39:69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/23-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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23.3CSEL 39:69
Nam inueni ibi aliquam amicissimam michi, et cui omnes in oriente testimonium ferebant uitae ipsius, sancta diaconissa nomine Marthana, quam ego aput Ierusolimam noueram, ubi illa gratia orationis ascenderat; haec autem monasteria aputactitum seu uirginum regebat. Quae me cum uidisset, quod gaudium illius uel meum esse potuerit, nunquid uel scribere possum?
For I found there a very dear friend of mine, to whose life everyone in the East bore testimony, the holy deaconess named Marthana, whom I had known at Jerusalem, where she had gone up for the sake of prayer; she governed monasteries of renunciants or virgins. When she saw me, what joy hers or mine could have been, can I even write?
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Summary: She meets her friend the deaconess Marthana.
- aputactitae: Greek ἀποτακτῖται, “renunciants”, ascetics who had given up their property.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): gaudium. illius → gaudium illius.
Topics: Church office, Deaconesses
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 23.3 (CSEL 39:69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/23-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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23.4CSEL 39:69–70
Sed ut redeam ad rem, monasteria ergo plurima sunt ibi per ipsum collem et in medio murus ingens, qui includet ecclesiam, in qua est martyrium, quod martyrium satis pulchrum est. Propterea autem murus missus est ad custodiendam ecclesiam propter Hisauros, quia satis mali sunt et frequenter latrunculantur, ne forte conentur aliquid facere circa monasterium, quod ibi est deputatum.
But to return to the matter: there are very many monasteries there over the hill, and in the middle a huge wall, which encloses the church in which the martyr-shrine is, and this martyr-shrine is very beautiful. The wall was put there to guard the church because of the Isaurians, since they are very bad and often rob, lest perhaps they try to do something against the monastery assigned there.
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Summary: A wall protects the shrine from the Isaurians.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): martyrium. quod → martyrium, quod.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 23.4 (CSEL 39:69–70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/23-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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23.5CSEL 39:70
Ibi ergo cum uenissem in nomine Dei, facta oratione ad martyrium nec non etiam et lectus omnis actus sanctae Teclae, gratias Christo Deo nostro egi infinitas, qui mihi dignatus est indignae et non merenti in omnibus desideria complere. Ac sic ergo facto ibi biduo uisis
When I had come there in the name of God, having prayed at the martyr-shrine and also read the whole Acts of holy Thecla, I gave endless thanks to Christ our God, who deigned to fulfil my desires in everything, unworthy and undeserving as I am. And so, having spent two days there, having seen
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Summary: At the shrine she reads the Acts of Thecla.
Extrabiblical texts: Acts Paul (Acts of Paul; allusion)
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 23.5 (CSEL 39:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/23-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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23.6CSEL 39:70
etiam sanctis monachis uel aputactitis, tam uiris quam feminis, qui ibi erant, et facta oratione et communione reuersa sum Tharso ad iter meum, ubi facta statiua triduana in nomine Dei profecta sum inde iter meum. Ac sic perueniens eadem die ad mansionem, quae appellatur Mansocrenas, quae est sub monte Tauro, ibi mansi.
also the holy monks or renunciants, both men and women, who were there, and having prayed and communicated, I returned to Tarsus to my road, where, having made a three-day halt, in the name of God I set out from there on my way. And so arriving the same day at the staging post called Mansocrenae, which is below Mount Taurus, I stayed there.
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Summary: She returns to Tarsus and goes on to the Taurus.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 23.6 (CSEL 39:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/23-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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23.7CSEL 39:70
Et inde alia die subiens montem Taurum et faciens iter iam notum per singulas prouincias, quas eundo transiueram, id est Cappadociam, Galatiam et Bithiniam, perueni Calcedona, ubi propter famosissimum martyrium sanctae Eufimiae ab olim michi notum iam, quod ibi est, mansi loco.
And from there the next day, going over Mount Taurus and making the journey already known through each of the provinces which I had crossed on the way out, that is, Cappadocia, Galatia and Bithynia, I came to Chalcedon, where I stayed because of the most famous martyr-shrine of holy Euphemia, already known to me long since, which is there.
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Summary: She crosses Asia Minor to Chalcedon and Euphemia's shrine.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 23.7 (CSEL 39:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/23-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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23.8CSEL 39:70
Ac sic ergo alia die transiens mare perueni Constantinopolim agens Christo Deo nostro gratias, quod michi indignae et non merenti praestare dignatus est tantam gratiam, id est, ut non solum uoluntatem eundi, sed et facultatem perambulandi, quae desiderabam, dignatus fuerat praestare et reuertendi denuo Constantinopolim.
And so the next day, crossing the sea, I came to Constantinople, giving thanks to Christ our God that he deigned to grant me, unworthy and undeserving, so great a grace, that is, that he had deigned to grant not only the will to go but also the means of walking through what I desired, and of returning again to Constantinople.
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Summary: She reaches Constantinople, giving thanks.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 23.8 (CSEL 39:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/23-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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23.9CSEL 39:70
Ubi cum uenissem, per singulas ecclesias uel apostolos nec non et per singula martyria, quae ibi plurima sunt, non cessabam Deo nostro Iesu gratias agere, qui ita super me misericordiam suam praestare dignatus fuerat.
When I had come there, through each of the churches, or the Apostles, and also through each of the martyr-shrines, of which there are very many there, I did not cease to give thanks to our God Jesus, who had deigned so to show his mercy upon me.
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Summary: She gives thanks in the churches of Constantinople.
- “the Apostles”: the church of the Holy Apostles.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 23.9 (CSEL 39:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/23-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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23.10CSEL 39:70–71
De quo loco, domnae, lumen meum, cum haec ad uestram affectionem darem, iam propositi erat in nomine Christi Dei nostri ad Asiam accedendi, id est Efesum, propter martyrium sancti et beati apostoli Iohannis gratia orationis. Si autem et post hoc in corpore fuero, si qua praeterea loca cognoscere potuero, aut ipsa praesens, si Deus fuerit praestare dignatus, uestrae affectioni referam aut certe, si aliud animo sederit, scriptis nuntiabo. Vos tantum, dominae, lumen meum, memores mei esse dignamini, siue in corpore, siue iam extra corpus fuero.
From this place, ladies, my light, as I was sending these things to your affection, it was already my intention in the name of Christ our God to go to Asia, that is, to Ephesus, because of the martyr-shrine of the holy and blessed apostle John, for the sake of prayer. And if after this I am still in the body, if I am able to learn of any other places, I will either tell your affection in person, if God is pleased to grant it, or at least, if I have something else in mind, I will report it in writing. Only, ladies, my light, be so kind as to remember me, whether I am in the body or already out of the body.
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Summary: Egeria plans to go to Ephesus and asks her readers to remember her.
- The account of the journeys ends here; 24–49 describe the liturgy of Jerusalem.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 23.10 (CSEL 39:70–71; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/23-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 24
24.1CSEL 39:71
Ut autem sciret affectio uestra, quae operatio singulis diebus cotidie in locis sanctis habeatur, certas uos facere debui sciens, quia libenter haberetis haec cognoscere. Nam singulis diebus ante pullorum cantum aperiuntur omnia hostia Anastasis et descendent omnes monazontes et parthenae, ut hic dicunt, et non solum hii, sed et laici praeter uiri aut mulieres, qui tamen uolunt maturius uigilare. Et ex ea hora usque in lucem dicuntur ymni et psalmi responduntur, similiter et antiphonae; et cata singulos ymnos fit oratio. Nam presbyteri bini uel terni, similiter et diacones, singulis diebus uices habent simul cum monazontes, qui cata singulos ymnos uel antiphonas orationes dicunt.
So that your affection may know what service is held each day daily in the holy places, I ought to inform you, knowing that you would be glad to know these things. For each day before cockcrow all the doors of the Anastasis are opened, and all the monazontes and parthenae, as they call them here, come down, and not only these, but also lay people besides, men or women, those who want to keep vigil earlier. And from that hour until daylight hymns are said and psalms are responded, and likewise antiphons; and after each hymn a prayer is made. For presbyters, two or three, and likewise deacons, take turns each day together with the monazontes, who say prayers after each hymn or antiphon.
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Summary: The daily night office begins before cockcrow at the Anastasis.
- The Anastasis: the church of the Resurrection over the tomb of Christ. monazontes and parthenae: Greek words for monks and virgins.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 24.1 (CSEL 39:71; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/24-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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24.2CSEL 39:71
Iam autem ubi coeperit lucescere, tunc incipiunt matutinos ymnos dicere. Ecce et superuenit episcopus cum clero et statim ingreditur intro spelunca et de intro cancellos primum dicet orationem pro omnibus; commemorat etiam ipse nomina, quorum uult, sic benedicet cathecuminos. Item dicet orationem et benedicet fideles. Et post hoc exeunte episcopo de intro cancellos omnes ad manum ei accedunt, et ille eos uno et uno benedicet exiens iam ac sic fit missa iam luce.
But when it begins to grow light, then they begin to say the morning hymns. And behold, the bishop arrives with the clergy and at once goes inside the cave, and from inside the screens he first says a prayer for all; he himself also commemorates the names of those he wishes, and so blesses the catechumens. Likewise he says a prayer and blesses the faithful. And after this, as the bishop comes out from inside the screens, all come up to his hand, and he blesses them one by one as he goes out, and so the dismissal takes place, by daylight.
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Summary: At dawn the bishop prays, blesses catechumens and faithful, and dismisses them.
- missa: the dismissal at the end of a service.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip (l for I)): lam autem → Iam autem.
Topics: Prayer, Catechumens and catechesis
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 24.2 (CSEL 39:71; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/24-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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24.3CSEL 39:71–72
Item hora sexta denuo descendent omnes similiter ad Anastasim et dicuntur psalmi et antiphonae, donec commonetur episcopus; similiter descendet et non sedet, sed statim intrat intra cancellos intra Anastasim, id est intra speluncam, ubi et mature, et inde similiter primum facit orationem, sic benedicet fideles, et sic exiens de <intro> cancellos similiter ei ad manum acceditur. Ita ergo et hora nona fit sicuti et ad sexta.
Likewise at the sixth hour all come down again similarly to the Anastasis, and psalms and antiphons are said until the bishop is summoned; he likewise comes down and does not sit, but at once goes inside the screens within the Anastasis, that is, within the cave, where he went in the morning too, and from there likewise he first makes a prayer, then blesses the faithful, and so, as he comes out from <inside> the screens, likewise they come up to his hand. So at the ninth hour too it is done as at the sixth.
Notes and citation
Summary: The same is done at the sixth and ninth hours.
- The angle brackets around intro are the editor's supplement.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 24.3 (CSEL 39:71–72; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/24-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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24.4CSEL 39:72
Hora autem decima, quod appellant hic licinicon, nam nos dicimus lucernare, similiter se omnis multitudo colliget ad Anastasim, incenduntur omnes candelae et cerei et fit lumen infinitum. Lumen autem de foris non affertur, sed de spelunca interiori eicitur, ubi noctu ac die semper lucerna lucet, id est de intro cancellos, dicuntur etiam psalmi lucernares, sed et antiphonae diutius. Ecce et commonetur episcopus et descendet et sedet susum nec non etiam et presbyteri sedent locis suis, dicuntur ymni uel antiphonae.
At the tenth hour, which they call here licinicon, for we say lucernare, the whole multitude likewise gathers at the Anastasis; all the lamps and candles are lit, and there is endless light. The light is not brought from outside, but is brought out from the inner cave, where a lamp always shines night and day, that is, from inside the screens; the lamp-lighting psalms are also said, and antiphons for a long time. And behold, the bishop is summoned and comes down and sits on high, and the presbyters too sit in their places; hymns or antiphons are said.
Notes and citation
Summary: At the tenth hour comes the lamp-lighting office.
- licinicon: Greek λυχνικόν; lucernare, the lamp-lighting (evening) office.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 24.4 (CSEL 39:72; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/24-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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24.5CSEL 39:72
Et at ubi perdicti fuerint iuxta consuetudinem, leuat se episcopus et stat ante cancellum, id est ante speluncam, et unus ex diaconibus facit commemorationem singulorum, sicut solet esse consuetudo. Et diacono dicente singulorum nomina semper pisinni plurimi stant respondentes semper: kyrie eleyson, quod dicimus nos: miserere Domine, quorum uoces infinitae sunt.
And when these have been completed according to custom, the bishop rises and stands before the screen, that is, before the cave, and one of the deacons makes the commemoration of individuals, as is the custom. And as the deacon says the names of individuals, very many little boys always stand responding: kyrie eleison, which we say: Lord, have mercy; and their voices are endless.
Notes and citation
Summary: A deacon names individuals and boys answer “Kyrie eleison”.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 24.5 (CSEL 39:72; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/24-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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24.6CSEL 39:72
Et at ubi diaconus perdixerit omnia, quae dicere habet, dicet orationem primum episcopus et orat pro omnibus et sic orant omnes, tam fideles quam et cathecumini simul. Item mittet uocem diaconus, ut unusquisque, quomodo stat, cathecuminus inclinet caput, et sic dicet episcopus stans benedictionem super cathecuminos. Item fit oratio et denuo mittit diaconus uocem et commonet, ut unusquisque stans fidelium inclinent capita sua, item benedicet fideles episcopus et sic fit missa Anastasi.
And when the deacon has said all he has to say, the bishop first says a prayer and prays for all, and so all pray, both faithful and catechumens together. Likewise the deacon raises his voice, that each catechumen, where he stands, should bow his head, and so the bishop, standing, says the blessing over the catechumens. Likewise a prayer is made, and again the deacon raises his voice and admonishes that each of the faithful, standing, should bow their heads; likewise the bishop blesses the faithful, and so the dismissal takes place at the Anastasis.
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop blesses catechumens and faithful separately.
Topics: Prayer, Catechumens and catechesis
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 24.6 (CSEL 39:72; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/24-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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24.7CSEL 39:72–73
Et incipient episcopo ad manum accedere singuli. Et postmodum de Anastasim usque ad Crucem <cum> ymnis ducitur episcopus, simul et omnis populus uadet. Ubi cum peruentum fuerit, primum facit orationem, item benedicet cathecuminos, item fit alia oratio, item benedicit fideles. Et post hoc denuo tam episcopus quam omnis turba uadet denuo post Crucem et ibi denuo similiter fit sicuti et ante Crucem. Et similiter ad manum episcopo acceditur sicut ad Anastasim ita et ante Crucem, ita et post Crucem. Candelae autem uitreae ingentes ubique plurimae pendent et cereofala plurima sunt tam ante Anastasim quam etiam ante Crucem, sed et post Crucem; finiuntur ergo haec omnia cum tenebris. Haec operatio cotidie per dies sex ita habetur ad Crucem et ad Anastasim.
And they begin to come up one by one to the bishop's hand. And afterwards the bishop is led <with> hymns from the Anastasis to the Cross, and all the people go together. When they have come there, he first makes a prayer, likewise blesses the catechumens, likewise another prayer is made, likewise he blesses the faithful. And after this again both the bishop and the whole crowd go again behind the Cross, and there again the same is done as before the Cross. And likewise they come up to the bishop's hand, as at the Anastasis, so before the Cross and so behind the Cross. Huge glass lamps hang everywhere, very many, and there are very many candelabra, both before the Anastasis and also before the Cross and behind the Cross; so all these things end with darkness. This service is held thus daily for six days at the Cross and at the Anastasis.
Notes and citation
Summary: The evening office continues with processions to the Cross.
- The Cross: the rock of Golgotha, in a courtyard beside the Anastasis. The angle brackets around cum are the editor's supplement.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): cathecuminos. item → cathecuminos, item.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 24.7 (CSEL 39:72–73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/24-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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24.8CSEL 39:73
Septima autem die, id est dominica die, ante pullorum cantum coge se omnis multitudo, quaecumque esse potest in eo loco, ac si per pascha in basilica, quae est loco iuxta Anastasim, foras tamen, ubi luminaria pro hoc ipsud pendent. Dum enim uerentur, ne ad pullorum cantum non occurrant, antecessus ueniunt et ibi sedent. Et dicuntur ymni nec non et antiphonae, et fiunt orationes cata singulos ymnos uel antiphonas. Nam et presbyteri et diacones semper parati sunt in eo loco ad uigilias propter multitudinem, quae se colliget. Consuetudo enim talis est, ut ante pullorum cantum loca sancta non aperiantur.
But on the seventh day, that is, the Lord's day, before cockcrow the whole multitude gathers, as many as can be in that place, as at Pascha, in the basilica which is in the place next to the Anastasis, but outside, where lamps hang for this very purpose. For since they fear that they will not arrive at cockcrow, they come beforehand and sit there. And hymns and antiphons are said, and prayers are made after each hymn or antiphon. For the presbyters and deacons too are always ready in that place for the vigils, because of the multitude that gathers. For the custom is that the holy places are not opened before cockcrow.
Notes and citation
Summary: On Sunday the people gather before cockcrow for vigil.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): est. ut → est, ut.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 24.8 (CSEL 39:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/24-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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24.9CSEL 39:73
Mox autem primus pullus cantauerit, statim descendet episcopus et intrat intro speluncam ad Anastasim, aperiuntur hostia omnia et intrat omnis multitudo ad Anastasim, ubi iam luminaria infinita lucent, et quemadmodum ingressus fuerit populus, dicet psalmum quicumque de presbyteris et respondent omnes, post hoc fit oratio. Item dicit psalmum quicumque de diaconibus, similiter fit oratio, dicitur et tertius psalmus a quocumque clerico, fit et tertio oratio et commemoratio omnium.
But as soon as the first cock has crowed, at once the bishop comes down and goes inside the cave at the Anastasis; all the doors are opened and the whole multitude goes into the Anastasis, where endless lights are already shining; and as the people come in, one of the presbyters says a psalm and all respond; after this a prayer is made. Likewise one of the deacons says a psalm, likewise a prayer is made; a third psalm is said by one of the clergy, and a third prayer is made and the commemoration of all.
Notes and citation
Summary: At cockcrow the Anastasis is opened and three psalms are said.
Topics: Prayer, Hymns and singing
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 24.9 (CSEL 39:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/24-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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24.10CSEL 39:73–74
Dictis ergo his tribus psalmis et factis orationibus tribus ecce etiam thymiataria inferuntur intro spelunca Anastasis, ut tota basilica Anastasis repleatur odoribus. Et tunc ibi stat episcopus intro cancellos, prendet euangelium et accedet ad hostium et leget resurrectionem Domini episcopus ipse. Quod cum coeperit legi, tantus rugitus et mugitus fit omnium hominum et tantae lacrimae, ut quamuis durissimus possit moueri in lacrimis Dominum pro nobis tanta sustinuisse.
So when these three psalms have been said and the three prayers made, behold, censers too are brought into the cave of the Anastasis, so that the whole basilica of the Anastasis is filled with fragrance. And then the bishop stands there inside the screens, takes the gospel, goes to the door, and the bishop himself reads the resurrection of the Lord. And when it begins to be read, there is such groaning and moaning of all the people and such tears that even the hardest could be moved to tears that the Lord endured so much for us.
Matt 28:1–10 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop reads the gospel of the resurrection amid the people's tears.
Topics: Resurrection and ascension of Christ
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 24.10 (CSEL 39:73–74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/24-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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24.11CSEL 39:74
Lecto ergo euangelio exit episcopus et ducitur cum ymnis ad Crucem et omnis populus cum illo. Ibi denuo dicitur unus psalmus et fit oratio. Item benedicit fideles et fit missa.
So when the gospel has been read, the bishop goes out and is led with hymns to the Cross, and all the people with him. There again one psalm is said and a prayer is made. Likewise he blesses the faithful and the dismissal takes place.
Notes and citation
Summary: They process to the Cross for the dismissal.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 24.11 (CSEL 39:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/24-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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24.12CSEL 39:74
Et exeunti episcopo omnes ad manum accedunt. Mox autem recipit se episcopus in domum suam, et iam ex illa hora reuertuntur omnes monazontes ad Anastasim et psalmi dicuntur et antiphonae usque ad lucem et cata singulos psalmos uel antiphonas fit oratio; uicibus enim quotidie presbyteri et diacones uigilant ad Anastasim cum populo. De laicis etiam uiris aut mulieribus, si qui uolunt, usque ad lucem loco sunt, si qui nolunt, reuertuntur in domos suas et reponent se dormito.
And as the bishop goes out all come up to his hand. Soon the bishop withdraws to his house, and from that hour all the monazontes return to the Anastasis, and psalms and antiphons are said until daylight, and after each psalm or antiphon a prayer is made; for the presbyters and deacons keep vigil daily in turn at the Anastasis with the people. Of the lay people too, men or women, those who wish stay in the place until daylight; those who do not wish return to their houses and lie down to sleep.
Notes and citation
Summary: The monks continue psalmody until dawn.
Topics: Prayer, Hymns and singing
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 24.12 (CSEL 39:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/24-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 25
25.1CSEL 39:74
Cum luce autem, quia dominica dies est, et proceditur in ecclesia maiore, quam fecit Constantinus, quae ecclesia in Golgotha est post Crucem, et fiunt omnia secundum consuetudinem, qua et ubique fit die dominica. Sane quia hic consuetudo sic est, ut de omnibus presbyteris, qui sedent, quanti uolunt, praedicent, et post illos omnes episcopus praedicat, quae praedicationes propterea semper dominicis diebus sunt, ut semper erudiatur populus in scripturis et in Dei dilectione: quae praedicationes dum dicuntur, grandis mora fit, ut fiat missa ecclesiae, et ideo ante quartam horam aut forte quintam missa fit.
At daylight, because it is the Lord's day, they go in procession to the major church, which Constantine built, which church is at Golgotha behind the Cross, and everything is done according to the custom that is followed everywhere on the Lord's day. Indeed, because the custom here is that of all the presbyters who are seated, as many as wish preach, and after them all the bishop preaches; these sermons are always on the Lord's days so that the people may always be instructed in the Scriptures and in the love of God; while these sermons are being given there is a great delay before the dismissal of the church takes place, and therefore the dismissal takes place not before the fourth or perhaps the fifth hour.
Notes and citation
Summary: On Sunday the presbyters and bishop preach in Constantine's great church.
- The major church: the Martyrium (25.1; 30.1).
Topics: Scripture and canon, The Lord's day and the Sabbath
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 25.1 (CSEL 39:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/25-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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25.2CSEL 39:74–75
At ubi autem missa facta fuerit ecclesiae iuxta consuetudinem, qua et ubique fit, tunc de ecclesia monazontes cum ymnis ducunt episcopum usque ad Anastasim. Cum autem coeperit episcopus uenire cum ymnis, aperiuntur omnia hostia de basilica Anastasis, intrat omnis populus, fidelis tamen, nam cathecumini non.
But when the dismissal of the church has taken place according to the custom which is followed everywhere, then the monazontes lead the bishop with hymns from the church to the Anastasis. And when the bishop begins to come with hymns, all the doors of the basilica of the Anastasis are opened, and all the people go in, the faithful, however, for the catechumens do not.
Notes and citation
Summary: Only the faithful follow the bishop into the Anastasis.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 25.2 (CSEL 39:74–75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/25-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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25.3CSEL 39:75
Et at ubi intrauerit populus, intrat episcopus et statim ingreditur intra cancellos [martyrii] speluncae. Primum aguntur gratiae Deo, et sic fit oratio pro omnibus, postmodum mittet uocem diaconus, ut inclinent capita sua omnes, quomodo stant, et sic benedicet eos episcopus stans intra cancellos interiores et postmodum egreditur. Egredienti autem episcopo omnes ad manum accedent.
And when the people have gone in, the bishop goes in and at once enters inside the screens of the cave. First thanks are given to God, and so a prayer is made for all; afterwards the deacon raises his voice, that all should bow their heads where they stand, and so the bishop blesses them, standing inside the inner screens, and afterwards goes out. And as the bishop goes out all come up to his hand.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The bishop gives thanks and blesses the faithful in the Anastasis.
- The editor deletes martyrii before speluncae.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 25.3 (CSEL 39:75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/25-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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25.4CSEL 39:75
Ac sic est, ut prope usque ad quintam aut sextam horam protraitur missa. Item et ad lucernare similiter fit iuxta consuetudinem cotidianam. Haec ergo consuetudo singulis diebus ita per totum annum custoditur exceptis diebus sollennibus, quibus et ipsis quemadmodum fiat infra annotabimus.
And so it is that the dismissal is drawn out almost to the fifth or sixth hour. Likewise at the lamp-lighting it is done similarly according to the daily custom. This custom, then, is kept thus each day through the whole year, except on the solemn days, how it is done on which we will note below.
Notes and citation
Summary: This is the custom of the whole year except on feasts.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 25.4 (CSEL 39:75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/25-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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25.5CSEL 39:75
Hoc autem inter omnia satis praecipuum est, quod faciunt, ut psalmi uel antiphonae apti semper dicantur, tam qui nocte dicuntur, tam qui contra mature, tam etiam qui per diem uel sexta aut nona uel ad lucernare semper ita apti et ita rationabiles, ut ad ipsam rem pertineant, quae agitur.
But this is very remarkable among all they do, that the psalms or antiphons are always suitable, both those said at night and those, on the other hand, in the morning, and also those during the day or at the sixth or ninth hour or at the lamp-lighting, always so suitable and so reasonable that they pertain to the very matter that is being done.
Notes and citation
Summary: The psalms and antiphons always suit the occasion.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 25.5 (CSEL 39:75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/25-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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25.6CSEL 39:75–76
Et cum toto anno semper dominica die in ecclesia maiore procedatur, id est quae in Golgotha est, id est post Crucem, quam fecit Constantinus, una tantum die dominica, id est quinquagesimarum per pentecosten, in Syon proceditur, sicut infra annotatum inuenietis, sic tamen in Syon ut, antequam sit hora tertia, illuc eatur, fiat primum missa in ecclesia maiorem. Benedictus qui uenit in nomine Domini et cetera, quae secuntur. Et quoniam pro monazontes, qui pedibus uadent, necesse est lenius iri: ac sic peruenitur in Ierusolima ea hora, qua incipit homo hominem posse cognoscere, id est prope luce, ante tamen quam lux fiat.
And though through the whole year on the Lord's day they always go in procession to the major church, that is, the one at Golgotha, that is, behind the Cross, which Constantine built, on one Lord's day only, that is, of Pentecost, at the fiftieth day, they go in procession to Sion, as you will find noted below; yet to Sion in such a way that, before the third hour, they go there, the dismissal is first made in the major church … “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,” and the rest that follows. And because, for the sake of the monazontes who go on foot, they must go more slowly, they come into Jerusalem at the hour when one person begins to be able to recognize another, that is, near daylight, but before it is light.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Matt 21:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A leaf is lost; the text resumes with the Epiphany procession from Bethlehem.
- A leaf of the manuscript is lost here (the digital text includes the editor's note “one leaf is missing”, removed). The lost text ended the weekly liturgy and began the Epiphany feast; the text resumes during the night procession from Bethlehem to Jerusalem. Matt 21:9 (Ps 118:26).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (leaked editorial note; stray mark): maiorem Deest unum folium. Benedictus → maiorem. Benedictus; prope. luce → prope luce.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 25.6 (CSEL 39:75–76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/25-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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25.7CSEL 39:76
Ubi cum peruentum fuerit, statim sic in Anastase ingreditur episcopus et omnes cum eo, ubi luminaria iam supra modo lucent. Dicitur ergo ibi unus psalmus, fit oratio, benedicuntur ab episcopo primum cathecumini, item fideles. Recipit se episcopus et uadent se unusquisque ad hospitium suum, ut se resumant. Monazontes autem usque ad lucem ibi sunt et ymnos dicunt.
When they arrive there, at once the bishop goes into the Anastasis and all with him, where the lights are already shining exceedingly. So one psalm is said there, a prayer is made, the catechumens are first blessed by the bishop, then the faithful. The bishop withdraws and each goes to his lodging to rest. But the monazontes stay there until daylight and say hymns.
Notes and citation
Summary: At dawn they enter the Anastasis, then rest.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 25.7 (CSEL 39:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/25-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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25.8CSEL 39:76
At ubi autem resumpserit se populus hora incipiente secunda, colligent se omnes in ecclesia maiore, quae est in Golgotha. Qui autem ornatus sit illa die ecclesiae uel Anastasis aut Crucis aut in Bethleem, superfluum fuit scribi. Ubi extra aurum et gemmas aut sirico nichil aliud uides; nam et si uela uides, auroclaua oloserica sunt, si cortinas uides, similiter auroclauae olosericae sunt. Ministerium autem omne genus aureum gemmatum profertur illa die. Numerus autem uel ponderatio de ceriofalis uel cicindelis aut lucernis uel diuerso ministerio nunquid uel aestimari aut scribi potest?
But when the people have rested, at the beginning of the second hour all gather in the major church, which is at Golgotha. What the adornment is on that day of the church or of the Anastasis or the Cross or at Bethlehem, it would be superfluous to write. There you see nothing but gold and gems or silk; for if you see hangings, they are of pure silk striped with gold; if you see curtains, likewise they are of pure silk striped with gold. Every kind of vessel brought out that day is of gold set with gems. The number or weight of the candelabra or chandeliers or lamps or the various vessels — can it even be estimated or written?
Notes and citation
Summary: On the feast the churches are adorned with gold, gems and silk.
Topics: Church buildings
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 25.8 (CSEL 39:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/25-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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25.9CSEL 39:76
Nam quid dicam de ornatu fabricae ipsius, quam Constantinus sub praesentia matris suae, in quantum uires regni sui habuit, hornauit auro, musiuo et marmore pretioso tam ecclesiam maiorem quam Anastasim uel ad Crucem uel cetera loca sancta in Ierusolima?
For what shall I say of the adornment of the building itself, which Constantine, in the presence of his mother, adorned with gold, mosaic and precious marble, as far as the resources of his empire allowed, both the major church and the Anastasis, and at the Cross, and the other holy places in Jerusalem?
Notes and citation
Summary: Constantine adorned the buildings with gold, mosaic and marble.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): hornauit auro. musiuo → hornauit auro, musiuo.
Topics: Church buildings
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 25.9 (CSEL 39:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/25-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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25.10CSEL 39:76
Sed ut redeamus ad rem, fit ergo prima die missa in ecclesia maiore, quae est in Golgotha. Et quoniam dum praedicant, uel legent singulas lectiones uel dicunt ymnos, omnia tamen apta ipsi diei, et inde postmodum cum missa ecclesiae facta fuerit, hitur cum ymnis ad Anastasim iuxta consuetudinem: ac sic fit missa forsitan sexta hora. Ipsa autem die similiter et ad lucernare iuxta consuetudinem cotidianam fit.
But to return to the matter: on the first day, then, the service is held in the major church, which is at Golgotha. And whatever they preach or the individual readings they read or the hymns they say, all are suited to that day; and from there afterwards, when the dismissal of the church has taken place, they go with hymns to the Anastasis according to custom; and so the dismissal takes place perhaps at the sixth hour. On that day too the lamp-lighting is done according to the daily custom.
Notes and citation
Summary: On the first day of the feast the service is in the major church.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 25.10 (CSEL 39:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/25-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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25.11CSEL 39:76–77
Alia denuo die similiter in ipsa ecclesia proceditur in Golgotha, hoc idem et tertia die; per triduo ergo haec omnis laetitia in ecclesia, quam fecit Constantinus, celebratur usque ad sextam. Quarta die in Eleona, id est in ecclesia, quae est in monte Oliueti, pulchra satis, similiter omnia ita ornantur et ita celebrantur ibi, quinta die in Lazariu, quod est ab Ierusolima forsitan ad mille quingentos passus, sexta die in Syon, septima die in Anastase, octaua die ad Crucem. Ac sic ergo per octo dies haec omnis laetitia et is hornatus celebratur in omnibus locis sanctis, quos superius nominaui.
On the next day again they go in procession likewise to that church at Golgotha, and the same on the third day; so for three days all this festivity is celebrated in the church which Constantine built, until the sixth hour. On the fourth day at the Eleona, that is, in the church on the Mount of Olives, which is very beautiful, everything is likewise adorned and celebrated there; on the fifth day at the Lazarium, which is perhaps fifteen hundred paces from Jerusalem; on the sixth day on Sion; on the seventh day at the Anastasis; on the eighth day at the Cross. And so for eight days all this festivity and this adornment is celebrated in all the holy places which I named above.
Notes and citation
Summary: The feast lasts eight days, with stations at the holy places.
- Eleona: the church on the Mount of Olives; Lazarium: the church at Bethany over Lazarus's tomb.
Topics: Easter and the church year
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 25.11 (CSEL 39:76–77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/25-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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25.12CSEL 39:77
In Bethleem autem per totos octo dies cotidie is ornatus est et ipsa laetitia celebratur a presbyteris et ab omni clero ipsius loci et a monazontes, qui in ipso loco deputati sunt. Nam ex illa hora, qua omnes nocte in Ierusolima reuertuntur cum episcopo, tunc loci ipsius monachi, quicumque sunt, usque ad lucem in ecclesia in Bethleem peruigilant ymnos seu antiphonas dicentes, quia episcopum necesse est hos dies semper in Ierusolima tenere. Pro sollemnitate autem et laetitia ipsius diei infinitae turbae se undique colligent in Ierusolima, non solum monazontes, sed et laici uiri aut mulieres.
At Bethlehem, however, for the whole eight days this adornment is there daily and the same festivity is celebrated by the presbyters and all the clergy of that place and by the monazontes who are assigned to that place. For from the hour when all return by night to Jerusalem with the bishop, then the monks of that place, whoever they are, keep vigil until daylight in the church at Bethlehem, saying hymns or antiphons, because the bishop must always spend these days in Jerusalem. For the solemnity and joy of that day endless crowds gather in Jerusalem from everywhere, not only monazontes but also lay people, men or women.
Notes and citation
Summary: Bethlehem keeps the same eight-day feast.
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 25.12 (CSEL 39:77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/25-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 26
26.1CSEL 39:77–78
Sane quadragesimae de epiphania ualde cum summo honore hic celebrantur. Nam eadem die processio est in Anastase et omnes procedunt et ordine suo aguntur omnia cum summa laetitia ac si per pascha. Praedicant etiam omnes presbyteri et sic episcopus semper de eo loco tractantes euangelii, ubi quadragesima die tulerunt Dominum in templo Ioseph et Maria et uiderunt eum Symeon uel Anna prophetissa filia Fanuhel et de uerbis eorum, quae dixerunt uiso Domino, uel de oblatione ipsa, quam optulerunt parentes. Et postmodum celebratis omnibus per ordinem, quae consuetudinis sunt, aguntur sacramenta et sic fit missa.
Indeed the fortieth day after Epiphany is celebrated here with the very highest honour. For on that day there is a procession to the Anastasis, and all go in procession, and everything is done in its order with the highest joy, as at Pascha. All the presbyters preach, and then the bishop, always treating of that passage of the gospel where on the fortieth day Joseph and Mary brought the Lord into the temple, and Simeon and Anna the prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, saw him, and of the words they said on seeing the Lord, and of the offering itself which the parents offered. And afterwards, when everything customary has been celebrated in order, the sacraments are performed and so the dismissal takes place.
Luke 2:22–38 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The fortieth day after Epiphany celebrates the Presentation in the temple.
- Luke 2:22–38. The sacraments: the Eucharist.
Topics: Eucharist, Easter and the church year
Cite (SBL): Egeria, Itin. Eger. 26.1 (CSEL 39:77–78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/egeria-itinerarium/26-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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